DEE HWA LIONG ACADEMY

Sta. Maria Compound Marcos Highway, Pasig city

Introduction:
The Effects of Tardiness of Students on Learning

This research was conducted because the researchers want to know what are the impact or effect of being
tardiness in their learning. Several studies have shown that school tardiness has a negative impact on learning
outcomes.By the mere nature of arriving late and missing school hours, students receive fewer hours of
instruction than students who are in class when the bell sounds.But not only does a student who is consistently
arriving late to school establish bad punctuality habits, their tardiness also disrupts the learning of other students
in their classes.

Dee Hwa Liong Academy is located in marcos high way near LRT 2, Santolan station, were most of
students living far away from the school and the located area of Dee Hwa Liong Academy is in high way that
commutes expereince the daily traffic. Therefore the researchers see that traffic cab affect students.

Being always late in class can affect the learning of a student as well as she/ he can disturb other
students and also the teacher who are having a class. According to breeze et al. (2010) lateness is synonymous
to “Tardiness”, which implies being slow to act or being slow to respond, thus not meeting up with proper or
usual timing. Habitual tardiness can also be learned from other members of the family especially from the older
ones. Film watching at night can also affect the tardiness of a students. According to Nakpodia and Dafiaghor
(2011), waking up late in the morning are one of the most factors of lateness why they go to school late is
because of heavy traffic, household chores, vehicle breakdowns and lack of responsibility are some reasons why
students arrive late to class. One of the most recurring and most “Frustrating problem” that the school nowadays
are having tardiness (Sprick and Daniels,2007). If a student sleep late at night she/he forget that on the next day
she/he need to be on the school. Parents that untimely tasks and commands are also reasons that a student come
late to school. The distance between the student’s home from school or the school’s location is also considered
as the cause of tardiness. Lack of firm and consistent policy can also encourages the students to come late at
school since there is no consequences attached to lateness or tardiness. A student is considered tardy when
she/he is not present when the school bell ring when the teacher start to give instruction for the first subject in
the morning class. According to weade (2004), defined tardiness “being late for any measurable length of time
past the stated or schedule start school. Our study intends to find out the tardiness of the Senior High School
students in Southern Christian College and the reasons and factors that may influence this tardiness.
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Based on the Dee Hwa Liong Academy Guidance Memo series 2018 among the 5 strand of Senior High
with the most poorly performing students putting their Grades low because of tardiness.

Tardiness is a major disadvantage to the students as it can become a habit. In this research we have to
conduct to determine how to resolve it and to encourage the students that going early in school has an advantage
to them to have an enough time for reviewing the lessons that taught by the teachers.

To lessen the number of tardiness in this school and to go early in school to improve their academic
performance on learning.
Statement of the Problem

The effects of Tardiness to the Academic Performers of the SHS of DHLA SY 2019-2020

The main objective of the study is to determine the effects of tardiness of the students. We will conduct the
survey in SHS students in Dee Hwa Liong Academy.

Specifically, it aims to answer the following questions:

Profile
Age
Gender
Strand

What are the factors for student’s tardiness?

How can tardiness affect the student’s school performance?

Significance of Study

This study aims to determine the reasons why students go to school late. It also aims to determine the
corresponding effects of the students’ tardiness. This tardiness of the students evidently has a negative effect towards the
students’ performance in school. In order to change their ways, this study will be conducted.
Designs are synthesized to determine the reasons why the students go to late in school. This is by questionnaire. It
involves questions which ask students the reasons and effects of beingtardy

Scope and Delimitation

The scope of this study is to find the causes and effects of lateness to student academic performance.
The study is delimited only for Grade 11 student of Dee Hwa Liong Academy. This research only studies the
causes and effects of lateness to students academic performance

This study examines only the case of lateness of grade 11 students in Dee Hea Liong academy of Pasig City,
through the instrument of a questionnaire administered to those who were selected by the researcher as
representatives of each section.
It is possible some of recipients will not have understood what response is required from them. Every attempt
was made to prevent the influence of views or responses. Only one school was investigated in the case study.